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Sometimes, your “walk with God” will appear to look weak and stupid before all of your acquaintances,
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NOAH
THIS WEEK’S CHURCH
CATCHPHRASE
“The rigors of pastoral ministry”
1) A hoax and self-exalting catch-phrase used to corral sympathy from church members.
“Only a special person can handle the rigors of pastoral ministry.”
Many true believers in Christ’s TRUE Pasture, have suffered more from the hands of church rulers than from the hands of the world.
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And whatever ye may do in word or in work, do all things in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to the God and Father, through him.
Colossians 3:17
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"The Pastoral Office"
“In Matthew 16, Jesus clearly identifies His church as an institution!”
In Luke Chapter 10, concerning story of the “Good Samaritan,” there is nothing said about who this Samaritan was; nothing said if he was a believer; nothing said if he had any knowledge of Jesus; nothing said of any relationship with God; religious beliefs; his prayer life; any upstanding moral character; church membership, etc.
All we know is, as a “Samaritan,” he was an outcast; unrighteous because of his “mixed race.”
Yet…YET, Jesus points TO HIM, not to the “Priest”…not to the “Levite,” but TO HIM, the Samaritan, as the example of how to obtain eternal life!
If Jesus taught, “freely ye have received, freely give,” why do we see just the opposite in virtually every local institutional church today?